perambulatory

Example Sentences

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It’s a sprawling document—you have to get through 173 nonbinding perambulatory paragraphs before you even get to the regulation itself.

From Slate • May 8, 2017

“I always wish I were one of those perambulatory writers like Wallace Stevens.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2017

An omnibus has always appeared to me, to be a perambulatory exhibition-room of the eccentricities of human nature.

From Basil by Collins, Wilkie

In vain I strove to be registered among the 'hidden treasure' spirits, with the perambulatory privileges pertaining to the class.

From The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies by Zangwill, Israel

Before the recent rapid growth of the town consequent upon the establishment of various manufacturing industries attracted thither by the unique railroad facilities, the Rector's walk was something in the nature of public perambulatory reception.

From To Him That Hath: a Tale of the West of Today by Connor, Ralph